114 HR 98 IH: Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015U.S. House of Representatives2015-01-06text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.I114th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 98IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 6, 2015Mr. Conyers (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend title 11 of the United States Code to dispense with the requirement of providing assurance
of payment for utility services under certain circumstances.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Preventing Termination of Utility Services in Bankruptcy Act of 2015.2.AmendmentSection 366 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this section in a case in which the debtor is an individual,
if the debtor pays in the 20-day period beginning on the date of the order
for relief debts owed to a utility for service provided during such period
and thereafter pays when due debts owed to such utility for service
provided during the pendency of the case, then the debtor may not be
required to furnish assurance of payment..